9781466923027-1466923024-Political Economics Understood: A Voter Understanding of Lies and Tricks of Politicians

Political Economics Understood: A Voter Understanding of Lies and Tricks of Politicians

ISBN-13: 9781466923027
ISBN-10: 1466923024
Author: A.B. Thomas E. Bird
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Trafford
Format: Paperback 152 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781466923027
ISBN-10: 1466923024
Author: A.B. Thomas E. Bird
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Trafford
Format: Paperback 152 pages

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Political Economics Understood: A Voter Understanding of Lies and Tricks of Politicians (ISBN-13: 9781466923027 and ISBN-10: 1466923024), written by authors A.B. Thomas E. Bird, was published by Trafford in 2012. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other Politics & Government books. You can easily purchase or rent Political Economics Understood: A Voter Understanding of Lies and Tricks of Politicians (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Politics & Government books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.6.

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This is a book intended to help the average voter sort out the constant stream of misinformation and rhetoric emanating from political candidates, media, talking heads, and talk shows in order that they can formulate their own strategies about what's best for our country and intelligently exercise their most precious asset to support those who agree with their position, their vote. What is suggested here is nonpolitical in terms of party or ideology and does not argue whether any economic theory offers the correct solution. It is concerned with the economic condition of the country and what political policies best impact the economy, but does not support any party or radical group and the ideologies they promote to accomplish their solutions. Although a long-term member of the Republican Party, I claim no current party affiliation. This book offers methods of determining how political entities use tools designed to mask their true intent and gain the voters support. This is accomplished by identifying tactics used by parties, talking heads, and politicians to achieve their ends and by giving some basic economic training and review techniques to assist the voter in finding the factual information necessary to rebut the constant flow of rhetoric and fallacy with which they, the voter, are constantly bombarded. Conversations with friends, family, and business colleagues have convinced me that because we are continuously subjected to this rhetorical bombardment by all these groups, we are confused. This confusion was clearly demonstrated by the November 2010 elections where, as a nation, we voted for individuals running on policies that will most likely make our major problems of GDP growth, unemployment, and deficit spending much worse. The worst part is the Tea Party and others told us they were going to cut social benefit programs but wrapped it up in a rhetorical blanket of fear: "We're going bankrupt, but we'll s
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